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30 October 2023 at 9:38 am #817514
Bryan,
I have a similar project where I want to laminate pieces of wood that are shorter than the end result. I see this is an old post so maybe it’s a long shot, but asking anyway.
Did you end up making your bar top and if so, what was your approach? The issue I have is that if the boards aren’t exactly equal width, I can’t glue then up in one go as there will be space between two parallel boards near the butt joints. My current approach is to glue them one layer at the time, planing the new edge straight between sessions. For a tabletop I want to make I’d need 10 sessions at least.
What was your approach?
- This reply was modified 5 months, 3 weeks ago by Mic van Reijen.
- This reply was modified 5 months, 3 weeks ago by Mic van Reijen.
7 November 2019 at 11:11 pm #625312Seems Paul heard your thoughts – the ne project on wwmc is just up your alley π
18 October 2019 at 11:03 pm #619383He built the shelves shortly after moving to the new space. I seem to remember from pictures in blog posts (or was it in videos) around that time that the shelves sit in stopped dadoes and the sides stand on the floor and are screwed to the (fake) roof of the workshop. The camera rarely goes wide enough to see it but I think its there, e.g. plywood workbench, episode 1, @29:19.
After building a bench this would be a nice starter project..
M
15 October 2019 at 9:19 pm #618396I did the 10 in one go, no hassle except a bit tight on space. And the cheap trestles sagged a bit so I have a cupped bench top.. not too bad, by one or two mm. I noticed it at the rehearsal but forgot about it in the stress of the final glue up untill it was too late, so kind of stupid. No twist so overall I’m happy with the result.
Started planing the underside flat, found that a 5 1/2 works best for this. Next tool project is a scrub plane I guess..
M
29 March 2019 at 4:52 pm #555704When I googled it tooke me to a page on this forum. Go Figure.
Anyway I have my answer.
Out of interest, what page did you find?
Mic
26 September 2018 at 8:23 am #552323Thanks for the thoughts guys.
@Ed, the way Paul cuts mortises is confusing. Indeed you’d think that to be able to determine whether you’re plumb or not you need to see the angle, which is more difficult if you’re standing tangential to the angle you’re viewing. Hence I was hoping there’s some trick involved. It’ll be his 50+ years of experience.Another thing you need to check is that the chisels cutting edge is perpendicular to the side of the mortise or it’ll wander off and wreak havoc to the mortise wall. This I do by looking at the reflection of the mortise edge in the chisel: the reflection needs to be in line with the edge.
I can’t do something similar with it being plumb. So then, I’ll just keep on practicing & checking for square after placing the chisel.One last question: do you rely on the chisel cutting edge being square on the chisel?
Mic
21 June 2018 at 12:51 pm #548660Oddly enough though, Paul Sellers seems to have come back on his advise:
I certainly donβt say they are worth waiting for . They are the only chisel I ever had that snapped.
See his last reply in his blog post A UK CHISEL I LIKE.
I have them as well and I like them. I had a buckling edge on my 3/4, but that was fixed by changing the angle at which I sharp a bit. I like them for the finer work like pairing & dovetails where I go easy, mortises I chop with an Aldi (well, Lidl) chisel @35 degrees.
For what it’s worth,
Mic
15 June 2018 at 1:41 pm #548555All,
Thanks for your thoughts.
I’ve been following Paul for a while and I recognise what yous say. I sharpen them freehand, creating a slight convex bevel and a flattened face, both buffed on the strop/wood. I don’t get them as sharp as Paul does yet (slicing into the edge of paper when presented at 1 degree) though sometimes by accident I do – I’m guessing I need to refine by buffing skills. They slice paper readily, just not as readily as Pauls example (in one of his Q&A videos he shows this).
What I’ll do is try the steeper bevel as suggested by Larry above. I didn’t think it would help as I’m only chopping a bit of pine, I could be wrong here.
Will let you know how I fare.
Mic
6 June 2018 at 9:15 pm #548401Well done, looks awesome. Also well done on not trying to get the botched leg to fit but scrap it and start again. I’m in that situation where i should redo a leg of a bench because the mortise is on the wrong side of a little off. Might improvise my way out of it as I’m out of 3 by 3.
Also I see you have a nice workshop there. The space issue you mention in hight I have in all directions. Working in a small cellar where I can stand between the beams only (so yes, I bump my head at least once every time I’m there) and the other dimensions aren’t a whole lot better. So improvising is what I do best π
Best,
Mic
29 March 2018 at 7:49 pm #513675Same here on a wobbly bench, specifically with a freshly sharpened saw the workpeace starts to resonate. What helps me is what is mentioned before: low and tight in the (properly fixed) vise, as little pressure as needed & confident, long strokes. It becomes easier over time – untill you sharpen the saw again..
16 March 2018 at 12:03 pm #498337I think dads back then were a bit more careful with their mobile phones and did not take many pictures of everyday things..
7 February 2018 at 11:41 am #463639Huh.. apparently this works different in comments – it doesn’t work at all..
7 February 2018 at 11:40 am #463637Guys,
I have a different issue. I’m going to try it here (sorry for hijacking the thread a bit).
There is an option to insert an image inline by selecting ‘insert into content’ after upload. Like so:
[attachment file=”gouge.jpg”]
It now says on my screen ‘attachemnt file=”gouge.jpg” between square brackets. But when I klick ‘submit’ it will change the gouge.jpg bit to some number and the image is there only as attachment.
This is annoying if you want to explain something in steps and you want to have the images inline to complete the story.
Anyone any clue?
Mic
24 January 2018 at 9:06 pm #450030Thanks guys, I’ll square them up. I’ve some other projects ongoing at the moment but Ill post progress in due time.
Mic
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